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1 THK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established A#?il, 1S?O "Be Just and Fear not-Let all ti Consolidated Aus. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C., Hr.- Country's, thy God's and Truth's." JULY L 1896. THE TRUE SO?TKKOM, Established Jene,1266 New Series-Vol. XV. No 48 |r ?s~~u~^3fc?rd of T M-iink as the j encc ir. will not be long before the ;iru of Jt'i object by lightning dar-1 means of preventing the so frequent - - I --t .U" ".-n"t Wael rr'tll The- World of Trade, %k t?Miwmi \v? Soutljroii Published Every "Wednesday, IST. Q, Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : ?1 50 psr annum-in advance. ADVBRT?SSME??T: One Sqaa|c first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Doubts Laid Aside. Judge Earle Has at Last Screwed Up Courage to En? ter the Senatorial Race. He Will Hold on to the Judgeship, However, and Will Not, for the Present, Take tne Stump Against Evans and Duncan. Charleston, June 23 -Judge Earle gave out for publication the following address this afternoon : To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina : I have the honor tp place my name before you as a candidate for the office of United States senator, the higheat office in the gift of the people of our State. Controlled by the requirements of duty, I cannot leave the bench to go upon the huBt tings, aud I know that you will ex? cuse my absence forom the political meeti?gsnow being held and that you will permit me to adopt this mode of communication. If I should re ceive your favorable consideration I can only promise to do my duty. My record is before you and it is for you to determine- whether or not I am deemed wofthy of this high honor. In State politics I belong to no clique or faction other than the Dem? ocratic party. I occupy the same position that truth, fairness'and fidel? ity to the cause of Anglo' Saxon supremacy has always compelled me to occupy, and that is, that the major? ity must rule When the verdict has . been rendered all strife and conten? tion must cease, and at the general election all Democrats should stand - together and work together for the common weal. To this end I have used my best efforts to reconcile the differences which have existed amoDg our people, and I shall continue upon this line I have always deprecated any unr just censure or abuse of our public officials. They are the servants of the people and should act so as to be above suspicion, and while they should always be held to a strict ac countability, no one should be brought before the bar of public op?n? ion and condemned before being heard. In seeking your suffrage, I shall not descend to the low piane of vituperation or abuse. Success by the use of such methods is less to be ^desired than failure without them. I now beg and invite your attention to a short statement of my views on the important national questions now being agitated 1. The monetary question over? shadows ail others and its determina? tion will result in the return of peace and prosperity, if truth and justice prevail ; or in ruin and bankruptcy, if the blind worshippers of a single gold standard should succeed. Lei us return to the money of our ? forefathers, . the money that made *his county the greatest under the sun ; and let gold and silver be both coined freely and with? out limit at a ratio of 16 to 1 as mon? ey o? final redemption with equai legal tender power, without wailing for international agreement. If other nations fall into line so much the bet? ter, but if not this nation should oc? cupy the position of independence justified by its power and required by "the needs of its people. I do not approve of the financial policy re? cently pursued by the general gov? ernment in surrendering its option to redeem its obligations in either gold or silver If it had not been for this blunder the necessity for issuing bonds would not have existed. 2. I advocate the enforcement of the Democratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue only. I am in favor of a graduated income tax and such amendments of the Constitution of the United States as will permit legislation to that end. The accumla tion of the colossal fortunes by a few people is a constant menace to our free institutions. *The laws of sup? ply and demand no longer fix the value of the "products of industry, and they are "forced to agree to the unjust exactions* of combined capi? tal, and " as a result the rich grow richer the poor become poorer. mething must be wrong, and the edy must be found and speedily d. I am in accord with Senator Till? man in the position assumed by him in the senate, and if elected I shall supplement his able efforts to protect the rights of the people with such poweras I may have and with all the earnestness of iny nature. Trusting that I may at some future time have the opportunity to appear before yon to discuss the issues involved, I am. respectfully, Joseph H Earle. England Asks Uncle Sam to Intercede With Venezuela. WASHINGTON, June 24.-AB soon as Secretary Ol?ey returns to the state department and he is confidently ex? pected to-morrow, he will receive from Sir Julian Pauocefote, the British am? bassador, a request from the British government to use his good offices with Venezuela to exoare the release from imprisonment, of Crown oarvey Har? rison, who is reported to have been . ar? rested by Venezuelan police wilie he was engaged in constructing^ road connecting the Barinia and Cuyuni rivers in the disnuted territory This I action of Great Britain is considered io diplomatic circles a radical departure from 'be ultimatum methods hitherto practiced on American republics and much significance is attached to (bi? fact af probably indicating the consid? erable progress made towards an arbi? tration agreement and the practical acknowledgment that the United States is a party in interest in the Venezuelan dispute as well ss in future controver? sies regarding territory on the Amer? ican continent. While it is universally admired thai the new incident is exceedingly unfortu? nate just at thisjuoture. there is great diversity of opinion fixing the blame. Even the British government bas the most indefinite knowledge of the exact locality where the arrest took place, al? though it is claimed that the surveying party had no authority to go outside the territory occupied exclusively by Eng? lishmen for the past ten years. The Gold Men Gave it Up COLUMBUS, OHIO. June 24 -Delay in reaching an agreement in the reso? lution committee delayed the opening of the convention till 12:30 to-day. Chairman M. A Sma?ley, in calling the convention to order, made no speech, simply reading the list of temporary officers selected by the State committee and introducing Temporary Chairman Vv . A. Taylor, who made a pronounced free silver speech At the conclusion of Col. Taylor's speech a delegate secured the floor and declared his grati? fication at the disapprC i di expressed by the convention of Grover Cleve? land, whom he characterized as the "Benedict Arnold" of the Demo? cratic party. He was hissed down at that point, and the report of the committee on rules was called for and read by Allen Smalley of Wyan? dotte, the chairman of the commit? tee Senator McMaken tried to have the ' clause *ot the report of the committee on rules which required all resolu? tions to be sent to the committee on resolutions stricken out, but the mo? tion was defeated by an overwhelm ing vote. The committee on permanent organization presented its report, which was adopted without amend ment and a committee sent to escort the chairman, Gen. A. J. Warner, to the hall. The overwhelming vote by which the report of the committee on rules was adopted, showed that any opp 8ition from the gold delegates woul be futile. The only thiug objecte to was the rule sending all resolutio to the resolutions committee, th shutting off debate practically, wh the report of the resolutions co raittee comes in. The platform declares for free c<Jfl age at a ratio of 16 to 1 a'nd instructs delegates to vote as a unit, and onlv for free silver men for President and Vice President. The vote on adopting this pia^ was ; Yeas 512 ; nays, 128. - - - Darlington Deluge? DARLINGTON, Juno 24.~D? had this afternoon one of tb< rains that ever fell in this cf was equal to a cloudburst, but ly be called one, as the rail tioously from five o'clock till some places the water ran] doors. I came up on the Florence at 7:45, and whei miles from Florence the en] loudly for brakes. The sec( red lantern stopped him. was covered with water washed out. From there Darlington the fields wen water and in places the But for the faithful perfc by the section master, al| on the train might have rious wreck. It is estii ten inches fell, thc dj will probabaly be gre such a rain before. Tilo Tornado PoBB A New Theory of th. gl of the Storms' ?DVJ?B To tiie Editor of the 'J??? Courier : HHnlafij In his letter published in fl and Courier on IVednesdaKg?j inst, "Snggero'' proposes t<^BB? progress of tornodoes and lU their forces by shooting sfl through the vitals of the I monsters, basing his expect? success as the resuit of thefl ment on the vague assertB ships have in this way bed from destruction when threaJBfl a waterspout, the marine twiBfl ^'Terror of the.W." It may JSfS in the first place : Is there M well authenticated case on fl such an incident having ei^Wi|| place ? Before worrying / oars J with the attempt to devise/the fl and means of controlling a/nd qu Jj this destructive yd m vs tarions ?Bij commotion it appears.to /me tjHB will be more profitable fc/r us SSE quire into.the nature of fhe dflV ance and the conditions/ wrncflfl mote its development, ind tfifl^ will be better pieparfed uM?t ' "what to do about it,7' wh^Bfat adopt measures with tlie vieT?5.1 trolling and arresting it, or iflH !ti confine our efforts entirely tjflV of preventior, so as t?o avoi'^H3?? as far as possible Jfa^^Bp 1 tornadoes occurreo?^^^y^ passage across the B^^^^w'^ ?n the opportunitv ofBfflre??8!06*? lion and force of 10 ffC the north and fl Bssed> storm, as well ^J^^^Mf^ ?* incipient stage, fl Blt0 a tra residence, and aM^BSSIB18^0? ^e afterwards devefl V east but well ! JOfB|Blsed about 5ve and six mijB B the third One of the othfl B ra^ house mile to the soifl B were exa; miles to the nooToWW71016 each tracks of all of theuflH features? ; and found to rese^B?ns ?f the t! exactly in aU their wklch lhe correspondit]* portUSp1 were ascerl The directions inflW PlacinS a P were thrown dow/JBB ProBtrate *r' compass oM{\^^?'mS ? chaotic hundreds fl?&%-0?*d b^ sorae WI and insteaBBaW*L%lfrh and a8toni order as KSB?^g1 ^] a11 Par?s c the mostfl^HBHfever several tree order prfl Hr together an? tracks a fl BF? er t"ie same ord been tel IaJ3 presented i across fl pied from the succesfl Brection, or the dire Trees fl V ^rom west' were al eastwfl B and then in invai f?rthefl Bund io the weet,and at th fl Bf rom this direction, SQCCJI Bver found in a pile, prosfl B?P> and this order of wesfl Bd good both on the i QiTxrJKfflS^^Kidcs of a central linc cesfl B tne order ?f Bucee ancfl Bnd sout?- and " onfl B1C^ ?y the "Orth to T ffrBjBllaHffljBfr could wind blowing nTB8BBrmBflsp'"'a^ Produce sucn e* ^fijfl?BfclMBff even if tearing around rfli^gB^^^^Bectural velocity of thre JB^iiB^^^HQred miles an hour or fiv W?SmS^KeB a minute ? Again E Hers state that trees of all i fl Bhree and four feet or mor BflffrrjiBrTP61' are twisted ?^ and to jSro^^^ifld. With the view of satisf lltfSBIS?qBB'f fully on this point, cone fl Hie twisting movement appa Hfl Be broken and wrenched tri Bees, scores of trees were crit Bxamined. some of them brc fl Bentireiy, others only partly brr BB ]u which latter cases, the 1 Hfl Bst to one side or the other wi B Bve 'oeen at once clearly indies fl the condition cf the woody fi lrfl Bd strip of bark connecting b/^^Hpper fragment with the stump. a" yhe least sign of a twist was ( y preceived in a single one of tl /cases. The "bree or forces by wi [/the trees were broken and fe lington ! seemed to act in perfectly strai hardest j lines, as straight as the blow of a otrv, ir ! hammer or the pull of the tow 0 hard- j of a tug boat, ell cour The tornado, like the ordioary th ht. In der storm, is characterized by the ab to store dant aod rapid generation of electrii leaving attended with great electrical distq mt fo/ur anees, but the condition or status of sr blew electrical forces in the two clo naster's appears to be very different, for in e track thunder cloud, which may be likei all/but to a vast Leyden jar, the electricity way to in a static or restful condition and ed/with tension from the electrical accumu ? ytself tion8 ?D the cloud is relieved by more OD duty less frequent disruptive discharges sengers the earth, which discharges, everybc iji a se- knows, are attended with more or 1 <jc fully destructive violence wherever tl i crops strike. Such .disruptive diechar* ?ver saw from the clouds tb tbe earth never ts place in a tornado cloud. Such i . .. .... Ai . I .-: S?fe? Ls -J '" W_? ' -?-- J _ ' . - mmm I?c3P36ge ot a tornado fiy is this so, when the di; city and its Development ytrrear, if not greater, it than in the general ru itorms ? It must be due t or form of the electric f my conviction that thc the tornado, especially in rte of the cloud, exists i namic form, and that, ele its are in constant active broughout the lower fut >rtion of the cloud. Undi re is also electricity of static kind in the upper regions ol cloud, for in those parts light flashes frequently, occurr, run through from one side to the othe the cloud, and giving rise to a peet] long-rolling, reverberating kine thunder, like heavy cannon balls ro over an interminable aerial bri which is due to the ever varying tance of the flashes that stream ai the cloud, so that the detonation the nearest part cf the flash is heat half minute, or more at times, bi the sound from the farthest extre reaches the ear. The tornado is the result of the n ing of an ordinary thunder storm, i ing as is usual from the westward, a strong cloud-bearing gale fron south, which meeting gives rise whirl, and this whirl converts the c into a vast revolving dynamo, thre five, or more, miles in diameter, f with circulating currents of electrl which no doubt increase in activity strength towards the central part or of the revolving cloud, which core descends and approaches the surfac the earth is not improbably conve by the electric currents into a ? electro-magnetic instrument, and magnetic force there generated i my belief, the cause of far the grei part of the violence and destrut characteristic of this storm. Ne all the manifestations of rosis power exhibited in the debris seal ed over the traok give evidence forces that act more by traction thai propulsion, according tb this view sides of rooms and bouses are ' burst or blown out from within, pulled down by an irresistible g 1 band acting from without. Near i centre of a portion of one of the tr ? examined by me stood two trees i and west of each other, the bc I nearly touching and the branches t roots interlocking. They were J asunder and the one on the west , thrown down from the east towards . west, the other was thrown from v , ward to the east. The one on the ? side, thrown from east to west, t ? have been, for reasons already sta I the first one prostrated, and no di 7 by magnetic force ; the other was p f ably upset by the blast from the v, . which appears to bring up the reai t the tornado forces, and to be the las J making its charge, giving a par s "coup de grace" to all the unfortui 3 survivors it may meet in its mad ca e across the field of desolation a? e rushes on to join its ruthless- comr; e from the south, now forming in lin ? short distance ahead, preparatory h another attack. n The mode of progression is ano II feature in which the tornado dil e from the common thunder storm t latter moving steadily, continuously a ward by bodily transference from 8 place to another, while the torn u progaesses evidently by steys, by f 0 cessive transplantings. Thus w 0 the destructive operations are going e in the fully developed tornadic area, i8 south wind continues pushing its 1 n steadily to the eastward, and has G vanced in this direction to a greate S less distance according to the vita and energy of the storm before ^ west wind can sweep the field and o^ :s take it, but as soon as this junctio *? effected another tornadic area is forr 11 and the destructive operations are !n peated. When the tornadic conditi s^ are sustained by great energy ; ld vitality, the intervals between the st ;q1 or transplanting as are doubtles v -s short.perhapsimperceptablefora num ie of miles, until the supplies of energy ?t gin to flag and the combination of 2r winds takes place at longer and lon 3e intervals. *" Such being the character of the t ?(l nado, and such tbe mode for draw ht its supplies of energy from the surrou jp ing atmosphere, for many miles arou ?e it is not likely that shooting cant balls into the cloud would have i n- more effect in stopping its course tl ri- a child's pop gun would have in st ty ping thc progress of an enraged ( b- phant. Better reserve the big gt be and ammunition for the unspeaka ds Turk and other barbarians, for be time is hastening on when all our m ed tary resources may be needed in is contest between ignorance and barb he ism, and Christian culture and civili a- tion. But if we cannot arrest thc t. or nado after it has set out on its march to devastation, can nothing be done dy mitigate the violence and lessen i >68 frequency ?f its outbursts ? We kn ey that seores of tornadoes of occur yea es west of the Mississippi, to every one ke the east side of that river, and if a j can ascertain the .cause of this diff occurrtinuu u? uje a.ijiuj wu?, ?F W, be found. Now the most marked feature which distinguishes the country east of the Mississippi from that on the west is the unbroken expanse of forest on east con? trasted with unbroken expanse of tree? less prairies on the west extending on some lines almost from the river to the Ptocky Mountains, and there in that bald, treeless region is the home of the tornado, the blizzad, the extremes of droughts, followed by cloud bursts and floods, all of which climatic and meteoro? logical vagaries" are to a great extent due to the absence of forests. Do not theso facts furnish a potent argument. Mr. Editor, to add to the many, based on economic and other grounds, which you have advanced from time to time in support of your advice concerning the preservation of our forests ? Do they not at the same time furnish the clew by which we can ascertain the true method of preventing the frequency and mitigating the severity of these Btoms ? Instead of planting batteries of great guns all around, if St. Louis and other Western cities wjll encourage and assist the inhabitants of those West tern prairies in planting forest trees over all uncultivated portions of the country they will engage in a work that will io the course of time yield them a rich return for expenditure of money and labor, besides establishing around them the most practical and effectual barriers against the incursions of the "Terror of the West." W. W. Anderson, Sr. Statesburg, S. C., June 19, 1896. Danger of Yellow Fever. Special Precautions Taken to Keep it out. WASHINGTON, June 26.-The most alarming report from Cuba with rep pect lo yellw fever comes from Scr : la Grand, where the marine hospital service is advised by its last report, there are 41 cases and 4 deaths. It is expected that* within a very short time the fever will be? come epidemic, and if it is not be? come virulent in the city of Habana all previous experiences will bc set aside, The department has, however, received no additional news to the effect that cholera has appeared any? where on the island. The present war and its relation tc the sanitary condition of Cuba is re? ferred to in the last annual report o Surgeon General Wyman, and the statements then made will represenl the conditions of this summer, onlj in a more aggravated form. On thii subject General Wyman then saic >f I that the insurrection had interferec in a great extent in the transmissior of the correct reports, and the norma e condition of the health of the islam r has been largely modified by th< it presence of a great body of non immune Spanish soldiers. Thes< persons have taken the disease ane added to the natural number of casei annually prevalent in that island The difficulties experienced last sum mer will be met with again this year Accurate knowledge as to the numbe of troops stricken with the disease ? denied by the Spanish government The reports from Habana last yea showed a total of 1,593 cases and mortality of 30 per cent, o This summer special precaution ie will be taken to prevent the introduc y tion from Cuba into the United State 1- of yellow fever. Each of the fou r revenue cutters patroling the Florid ;y coast carries sanitary inspectors t ?e inercept fishing smacks and othe r- vessels coming direct from Cuba wit is no intent to enter legally any port c ?d entery, and also for the purpose ( e- intercepting any returning filibustei 38 ing expedition or refuges seeking t id land surreptitiously. Sanitary ii ps spectorG either have been or will t -y stationed permanently in Habana an er Santiago, and such inspectors will b e- sent to every seaport of Cuba to r< ie port to the marine hospital servie er I of the prevalent of yellow fever. r- SAVANNAH, Ga., June 26.-A Lyon ig Ga., special to the Morning News saj d- Julius Bird, a young white mao, w< d, shot and killed by a negro last night ? )n Cobbtown. this county Bird ?ed ,iy party to Kuklux the negro. When I ir\ knocked at the door the negro sh? p. through the door, wounding him in tl: le- thigh. The crowd ran away and le os bim. The negro came out and sb )!g him through the body, with a Wioche he rifle. The negro has gone to parts ui li- known, he ir ;a >r to to he 3W ;ly on we 3r. Highest cf ail in Leavening I Sold Plank at St. louis Brings a more Hopefii Peeling. New York, June 26 -Bradstreet'^ to morrow will say : A more hope? ful feeling in trade circles within the past ten days, explained as due to the adoption of a gold plank at St. Louis, has been given undue weight. Interviews with merchants in staple lines at twenty-five of the more im? portant distributing centres show that, aside from the increased strength of wool in the hands of interior hold? ers, (reflected at Boston and Phila? delphia,) an improved demand for hardware at Providence, for clothing and shoes at Baltimore, shoes and dry goods at Memphis, and in similar lines at St. Louis, there has been no improvement in trade. At Chicago there is a more hopeful sentiment, but no increse in business. A can? vass of leading jobbers at important cities shows no expectation of a revival in general trade until after election, and at some points no real j improvement is expected until next year. j There are 218 business failures re i ported throughout the United States I this week, a striking decrease as com? pared with a week ago, when the total was 265. One year ago the week's total was 215. The volume of general trade is no larger than last week ; in some lines it is smaller, notably at Petersburg and Kansas City. Midsummer dull? ness characterizes operations at al? most all points. Relatively greatest activity has been among Eastern dry goods jobbers, who have sacrified prices to reduce heavy stock of cot? ton goods. Restricted production of print cloths at Fall River is Mkely to be followed by similar a timi at Providence and at Augusta, New England rubber manufacturers are curtailing production, and the situa? tion and outlook in the iron and steel industries is less satisfactory, with a prospective cut in the price of Bes? semer pig iron and the probability of the billet combination reducing quo? tations, and lower prices for coke. In addition there are reduced prices for leaf tobacco, petroleum and cot? ton, for wheat, wheat flour, oats, pork, lard, sugar and coffee. Killed a God LONDON, June 24 -The Daily Tele? graph to-morrow will publish dispatch? es from Pretoria and Kimberley, saying that a rumor is being circulated in those places to the effect that the natives have captnred Fort Salisbury, killing and mutilating 50 white inhabitants and smashed the Maxim guns in the place. The foregoing report, however, makes confirmation as to other rumors recently current that Fort Salisbury, which has been hard press?d by natives, has been relieved. There has been much fighting in various placee in the disturbed district in the last few days. Burnham, the American scout, found in a cave in the Matoppo hills the famous Matabele god Mlimo, the promptor and fosterer of the outbreak, and vainly tried to capture Mlimo alive, but being unable to do so, killed him. it is belived that tbe death of their god will discourage the natives and lead to the suppression of the revolt. -~^m*>~ i- - Rhodes is Out LONDON, June 26 -The directors of the British South African company an? nounce that they have, after anxious and continous consideration and consul? tation wi;h Colonial Secretary Cham? berlain, resolved to accept the resigna? tion of Cecil Rhodes and Alfred Belt as directors of the company. The board record their proioucd appreciation of Mr. Rhodes'service to the empire and tbauk both Messrs. Rhodes and Beit. They pledge themselves to continue to devote their energies to mainrain and develop Rhodesia, the administration cf which remains invested in the company. The directors further say they regret that toe occurrences in the Tracsval in ? j December and January, of which they did not have cognizance, compel them to accept the resignations of Messrs. Rhodes and Beit. Bncklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the wurld for Cuts, Braises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Ferer Sores, Tetter 0r.3.ppei :?L-5.. Chilblains, Corns and ail SKID Emptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay squired. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. .?rice 52cents per box. For ?ale by Dr. J. F. W. De Lormft >ower.-Latest ?. S. Gov't Report 53 A ITEEI? PURE